In what can easily be the most major scandal in recent American history, short of the Snowden Leaks, a secret torture and interrogation facility was exposed in Homan Square, West Side of Chicago. 807 more words

Spencer Ackemran has a piece out in the Guardian today that alleges the Chicago Police Department operates a secretive, CIA-style “off-the-books interrogation compound” where suspects are held without any access to lawyers or family. 448 more words

I am scheduled to travel to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to monitor the Al Nashiri Hearings at U.S. Military Commissions from 2 – 7 March 2015. This is the case against a man, al Nashiri, who is charged in these proceedings with having being a masterminded of the October 2000 attack on the U.S.S. 843 more words